Code-Point Open
Code-Point Open is a dataset that contains postcode units, each of which have a precise geographical location. To give you extra analytical power, Code-Point Open includes NHS authority and administrative unit codes. There are approximately 1.7 million postcode units in England, Scotland and Wales. Each postcode unit, such as KY12 8UP or PO14 2RS, contains an average of fifteen adjoining addresses. Northern Ireland postcodes are not available with Code-Point Open. Discover hidden patterns in your data. With Code-Point Open, you can display on a map any information that contains a postcode; for example, customer records. For basic route planning, Code-Point Open will locate your starting and destination postcode, so your software can work out the best roads to take. Save money and benefit from simple licensing terms. Code-Point Open is free to view, download and use for commercial, education and personal purposes.
dataset
https://os.uk/business-government/products/code-point-open
name: Product description
function: information
https://api.os.uk/downloads/v1/products/CodePointOpen/downloads?area=GB&format=GeoPackage&redirect
name: GeoPackage
function: download
https://api.os.uk/downloads/v1/products/CodePointOpen/downloads?area=GB&format=CSV&redirect
name: CSV
function: download
protocol: WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
name: OS Download API
description: OS Download API
Code-Point Open
https://os.uk
eng
http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/27700
location
Postcode
Postcodes
Location
Administrative Codes
Postcode units
-8.655
1.79
60.85
49.90
Great Britain
Northern Ireland
1959
2020-10-01
publication
2010-04-01
revision
2020-11-15
quarterly
Code-Point is recreated quarterly using updates from Ordnance Survey field surveys and Gridlink® (a consortium made up of Royal Mail®, Ordnance Survey, the Office of National Statistics (ONS), Land & Property Services® (LPS) and the National Records of Scotland (NRS)
publication
2010-12-08
false
The CodePoint family of products are not INSPIRE compliant.
revision
2019-11-15
true
Conforms to OS specification
1
We simply ask that you acknowledge the copyright and the source of the data by including the following attribution statement: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2020 Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and Database right 2020 Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2020
Customer Services
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publisher
OS Data
Ordnance Survey
Adanac Drive
Southampton
SO160AS
United Kingdom
0345757535
pointOfContact
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